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Md. film festivals offered advance look at Oscar nominees
For The Baltimore SunLocal film fans may have a leg up on the competition when it comes to their Oscar pools, thanks to the folks at the Maryland Film Festival and Chesapeake Film Festival. "Beasts of the Southern Wild," which enjoyed a long run at The Charles Theatre last...Tags: Beasts of the Southern Wild (movie), Easton (Talbot, Maryland), Charles Theatre, Chasing Ice (movie), Film Festivals
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Remington corner to become arts, eating destination
Who would have thought that an old automobile repair and tire shop promises to emerge as a theater, restaurant and small office building? Look for the Single Carrot Theatre to move into enlarged permanent quarters at the corner of Howard and 26th streets,...
Tags: Car Repair and Maintenance Tips, Cheese Corn, Charles Village, Baltimore Museum of Art
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The movies are a mission for Baltimore's George Figgs
Downloading movies and watching them on a computer is not for George Figgs, who has spent the better part of three decades affording Baltimore cinephiles the chance to experience films the way God intended — in the dark, projected onto a bigger-...
Tags: The Wizard of Oz (movie, 1939), Jean Cocteau, Mount Royal, Film Festivals, John Waters
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John Travolta shares memories of 'Hairspray,' 'Pulp Fiction' and other films
A slimmed-down Edna Turnblad shared the stage with her creator, John Waters, last night, much to the delight of scores of star-crazed fans. Well, it wasn't exactly Edna, the zaftig stage mom from Waters' "Hairspray," who took to the stage at the Maryland...
Tags: Grease (movie), V (tv program), Theater, John Travolta, Film Festivals
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When it comes to Baltimore, Travolta does it his way
John Travolta knew what he wanted to do with the role of Edna Turnblad, the zaftig housewife at the center of "Hairspray." The movie's producers, however, weren't so sure. Especially when he insisted on using a Bawlamer accent. "I got fought on it, by...
Tags: Grease (movie), Anna Nicole Smith, Harvey Fierstein, Theater, John Travolta
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Monday closures and cancellations due to Hurricane Sandy
Baltimore SunThe following cancellations and closures have been announced in anticipation of severe weather conditions from Hurricane Sandy: SCHOOLS * Public schools are closed in Baltimore and in Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Carroll, Harford and Howard counties,...Tags: Washington, DC, Arts, Amtrak, Light Rail (Baltimore), Barry Levinson
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Levinson's latest is no Valentine to his hometown
Three decades and more than 25 films into his directing career, and Barry Levinson is still mining his hometown for movie ideas. But his latest film, a horror-mystery about a murderous parasite let loose in the Chesapeake Bay, is about as far removed...
Tags: The Thing (movie), Mount Royal, Film Festivals, Barry Levinson, Horror (genre)
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CineMaryland is going off the air
CineMaryland, a television newsmagazine devoted to films and filmmaking in Maryland that has been available to local TV stations for 15 years, is going off the air. "We had a run of over 15 years, but at the end, nobody was watching," said show host...
Tags: Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Howard Community College, John Travolta, Drama (genre), Moonrise Kingdom (movie)
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Travolta, Waters to appear on stage together in Baltimore
Oscar-nominated actor John Travolta will sit down for a public conversation with John Waters at Baltimore's Maryland Institute College of Art. The man who created Edna Turnblad and the actor who brought the zaftig housewife of "Hairspray" to full-...
Tags: Grease (movie), Savages (movie), Film Festivals, The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 (movie, 2009), Adam Shankman
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Two plans considered for Parkway Theatre
The Baltimore SunThe Baltimore Development Corp.'s board considered two proposals for the restoration of the historic Parkway Theatre at their monthly meeting Thursday morning. The BDC, the city's economic development arm, received three proposals to redevelop the...Tags: Charles Street, Festive Events, Johns Hopkins University, Movies, Baltimore Development Corporation
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Developers vie to restore Parkway Theatre in Charles North
The Maryland Film Festival would transform the historic and long-shuttered Parkway Theatre into a venue for small independent films and concerts under one of three proposals to enliven a key intersection in Baltimore's Charles North neighborhood.
Two...Tags: Theater, Kevin Brown, Film Festivals, Personal Service, Entertainment Events
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A movie date can last all weekend at Maryland Film Festival
If you love movies, you'll feel like a kid set loose in a candy store when the 14th annual Maryland Film Festival screens 40 feature films and 50 short films May 3-6 on all five screens at the Charles Theatre and also on the single screen at the...
Tags: Charles Theatre, Mount Royal, Film Festivals, Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (movie), Documentary (genre)
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